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Synonyms for puff
pʌfpuff
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Princeton's WordNet
puff, puff of air, whiffnoun
a short light gust of air
Synonyms:
whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottomanAntonyms:
plainpuffnoun
a light inflated pastry or puff shell
Synonyms:
whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottomanAntonyms:
plainpuffnoun
exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
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whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottomanAntonyms:
plainquilt, comforter, comfort, puffnoun
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
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whiff, hassock, drag, comforter, powderpuff, teething ring, comfort, consolation, ease, allayer, sympathiser, baby's dummy, quilt, pacifier, pull, blow, solace, pouffe, comfortableness, sympathizer, ottoman, puff of air, relieverAntonyms:
plainpowderpuff, puffnoun
a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
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whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottomanAntonyms:
plainottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff, hassocknoun
thick cushion used as a seat
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hassock, powderpuff, ottoman, drag, comfort, footstool, quilt, pull, blow, tuffet, pouffe, whiff, comforter, puff of air, footrestAntonyms:
plainpuff, drag, pullnoun
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
"he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
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hassock, drag, comforter, powderpuff, pulling, clout, comfort, wrench, twist, quilt, pull, retarding force, pouffe, blow, whiff, ottoman, puff of airAntonyms:
plainblow, puffadjective
forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
"he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
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nose candy, reversal, hassock, drag, bump, setback, comforter, powderpuff, snow, coke, shock, comfort, black eye, reverse, puff of air, quilt, pull, blow, pouffe, gust, whiff, ottoman, blastAntonyms:
plainpuff, puffedverb
gathered for protruding fullness
"puff sleeves"
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puffedAntonyms:
plainpuff, whiffverb
smoke and exhale strongly
"puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
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whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, sniff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, drawAntonyms:
plainpuff, drag, drawverb
suck in or take (air)
"draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
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tie, get, puff out, suck up, puff up, attract, get behind, thread, quarter, imbibe, scuff, hale, chuff, guide, whiff, describe, drag, sweep up, suck, pull in, draw in, delineate, draw and quarter, make, soak up, cast, tangle, hang back, get out, take out, trail, cart, pull back, sop up, sweep, reap, heave, pass, huff, gasp, depict, blow up, take in, string, drag on, dredge, drop back, withdraw, drag in, pull out, draw, pant, disembowel, line, run, force, trace, absorb, drop behind, draw off, pull, embroil, haul, take up, drag out, eviscerateAntonyms:
plainpant, puff, gasp, heaveverb
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
"The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
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chuff, buckle, heave, gag, gasp, huff, draw, pant, blow up, warp, heft up, puff out, heft, billow, retch, whiff, puff up, drag, heave up, surgeAntonyms:
plainpuffverb
make proud or conceited
"The sudden fame puffed her ego"
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whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, drawAntonyms:
plainpuff, puff upverb
praise extravagantly
"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
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whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, swell, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, drawAntonyms:
plainpuffverb
speak in a blustering or scornful manner
"A puffing kind of man"
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whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, drawAntonyms:
plainpuff, puff up, blow up, puff outverb
to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
"puffed out chests"
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embellish, draw, heave, puff out, puff up, chuff, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, whiff, drag, detonate, hit the roof, explode, huff, combust, flip one's lid, magnify, expand, amplify, pad, go ballistic, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, gasp, blow up, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, inflate, throw a fit, pant, aggrandize, dramatize, blow one's stack, swellAntonyms:
plainpuff, huff, chuffverb
blow hard and loudly
"he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
Synonyms:
whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw, snortAntonyms:
plain
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
puffnoun
Synonyms:
whiff, sudden gustpuffverb
Synonyms:
blow in puffspuffverb
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pant, breathe hardpuffverb
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blowpuffverb
Synonyms:
praise (extravagantly)
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
puff
Synonyms:
Vox populi Poof, poofter
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How to use puff in a sentence?
When it was time to huff and puff, he knew what we wanted, ... He wasn't gonna quit until he got 'em all out.
I had my first puff on a joint when I was 24-and-a-half, and I was petrified, i thought I was gonna see elephants. Five, six years later, I’m in Hollywood. I got a little cocaine in my pocket, a couple of quaaludes. I can’t do a little of anything.
It's hard to say that that is necessarily going to occur, but certainly the conditions are there, you'd think that it has just about run out of puff by now because the sun is moving rapidly south, but it does appear that the environment at the present time is highly conducive to these circulations.
My opponent called me a cream puff. ... Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me.
anytime you see white men suppose to fight each other an you not white, well you know you got trouble, because they blah-blah loud about Democrat or Republican an they huffing an puff about democracy someplace else but relentless, see, the deal come down evil on somebody don have no shirt an tie, somebody don live in no whiteman house no whiteman country.
Translations for puff
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- نفخةArabic
- nafouknoutCzech
- pustDanish
- puffen, verpuffen, paffenGerman
- ρουφηξιά, τζούρα, αγκομαχάω, φυσηξιά, μπάφος, φύσημαGreek
- pufi, pufoEsperanto
- calada, bocanadaSpanish
- فوت, پک, پفPersian
- tuprahdus, haiku, pusu, hasa, tupruttaa, vire, savut, puhahdus, puhallus, pilvi, puffata, henki, tuprutaFinnish
- boufféeFrench
- pöfékelHungarian
- փչելArmenian
- engahIndonesian
- sbuffo, decantare, pasta sfoglia, respiro, boccata, soffio, bignè, refolo, incensare, bombolone, spinello, fiato, uscire a sbuffiItalian
- ಪಫ್Kannada
- 퍼프Korean
- پف کردن, پفKurdish
- anhēlōLatin
- puhipuhiMāori
- bladerdeegDutch
- puffNorwegian
- ptyśPolish
- soproPortuguese
- suflaRomanian
- затяжкаRussian
- puffSwedish
- பஃப்Tamil
- పఫ్Telugu
- ผัดThai
- pufTurkish
- слойкиUkrainian
- phunVietnamese
- puffYiddish
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